Be an entrepreneurs ? why not ?

By Hari Qumar

Who is an Affiliate?

Affiliates are those who promote products of others on the net, they are also known as publishers. Most affiliates promote products through their websites or email lists. Any website address or a hyperlink can be turned into a promotional vehicle. However, as e-commerce grows, e-commerce affiliates are no longer restricted to website owners. Even bloggers and online community members can become affiliates, as well as e-commerce websites that actually sell products and services. However Affiliate Marketing is an unviable option for scammers and spammers.

What is Affiliate Marketing?

Affiliate marketing refers to an electronic commerce version of traditional concept of agent/referral fee sales channel. But affiliate marketing is different from multi link marketing. Affiliate marketing is a revenue sharing venture between a website owner and an online merchant.

There is a fine line between affiliate marketing and internet marketing, because affiliates use methods such as organic search engine optimization, paid search engine marketing, email marketing and display advertising. Affiliates also use less orthodox techniques such as publishing reviews of products or services. An affiliate website always links back to a prominent e-commerce website. Though affiliate marketing helps to cut out the middleman, still affiliates need to trust the software and people behind the e-commerce website they are joining.

If a person wants to make money online, affiliate marketing is the easiest way of doing so. Just by promoting the products of other companies in return for a commission on each sale generated helps people make money. Affiliate marketing helps people to earn some extra cash from their websites, or start a work-at-home business, they can operate from anywhere in the world.

Affiliate Marketing is associated with finding out good products, building websites, conducting market research, making websites more search engine friendly, and creating new ways to promote products. It also includes developing content, email marketing, pay-per-click marketing, social networking, and displaying ads.

About Us

Affilorama is a major player in Internet Marketing, providing training to aspiring affiliate marketers. It uses landing page techniques in particular to promote a product sold on the internet, and generate steady profits. Affilorama teaches all aspects of affiliate marketing without charging membership fee, there are no subscription charges, and no ridiculous hype.

How Affilorama Works?

Affilorama apart from forums, blogs' and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) that covers a variety of topics includes 2 verticals. These verticals are Lessons that specify about various topics covered; and Affiliate Tools that talks' about various tools that are used to improve the affiliate marketing abilities of websites or individuals.

Lessons

Market Research

This topic tells why it is necessary to conduct a research in a campaign. Researching a market not only saves time, money but also helps to find untouched profitable markets.

PPC

Pay-Per-Click (PPC) topic tells about how PPC, a type of online advertising where one gets paid only when somebody clicks on the advertisement is helpful.

SEO

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) topic covers matters about how to boost website ranking well in the "natural" or "organic" search engine results.

Site Building

This topic covers subjects related to building a basic web page, purchasing a domain name and uploading the website, and creating redirects.

Marketing Ideas

Under this subject how to use creativity to promote products, specifically "outside the box" affiliate campaigns have been explored.

Content Creation

This topic covers the need about why to create an e-book, mailing list. Why the need for content is essential for affiliate marketing, blogging, and to promote websites. Also covered subjects include how to write pre-sale and sales letters, write product reviews, and email subject lines.

Guru's Viewpoint

Under this topic the views, approach taken, strategies adopted by affiliate marketing experts have been covered.

Affiliate Tools

PPC Tools

The topic covers subjects related to how the PPC tool 'Google Quality Score Checker' can be used to improve the price for PPC ads. This also includes checking the relevancy of ads, better returns per click and advice for ways to improve ad score.

SEO Tools

Under this how the SEO tool 'Backlink Checker', helps to increase the number of incoming links to the website that ultimately decide the ranking of websites in the search engines. These include matters related to links to a website, anchor text, Page Rank, and search engine where the link was found.

Market Research

The topic covers matters related to how the Market Research tool 'Keyword Suggestion Tool' helps to develop new keyword ideas. Using this tool a list of suggestions can be generated about how a set of keywords or a particular keyword can be used to improvise the search in Google, Yahoo and MSN.

Writing Tools

This topic covers to how to use the 'Article Compare' tool to match two articles and find out the difference between the two articles. Using this tool such text in the passages are highlighted where no change has been made. This gives a clear indication as to where the modifications need to be made to tackle the problem of plagiarism.

Webmaster Tools

Under this various steps have been covered about how to use the 'XML Sitemap Generator' tool to create search engine friendly sitemaps, for uploading on various search engines including Google.

Free Tools

Under 'Free Tools' topic various how to use tools have been covered such as 'Character Count', 'Text Wrapper Tool', 'URL Redirect Generator', and 'Meta Tag Generator'. Also included are 'Free Clickbank Calculator', 'PageRank Calculator', 'Domain Whois', and 'Domain Location' that help to improve the content quality, make them search engine friendly, enhance the number of page views received, and ranking.

Hari Qumar is a management graduate from a UK university and owns Begonia Infosys. He is actively involved in promoting and works for a Entertainment portal as well.

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by Peter Geisheker, CEO, The Geisheker Group, Inc

As a marketing consultant, many companies hire me because they are unable to make sales on their website, or their sales are very low. In this article I am going to show you how to easily increase your website sales with 5 simple marketing tips.
1. If you want to make sales and/or generate inquiries on your website, you must have persuasive and passionate sales text. Strong sales text is the number 1 most important aspect of a successful e-commerce website.


I see so many websites that have either no sales text or very brief sales text and then they wonder why they cannot make a sale. You have to excite people into wanting to buy what you are selling, and to do that you need to write exciting sales text that explains the most important benefits of your product or service. To write great sales text put yourself in the situation of what would you say to a prospective customer if you were in a face-to-face sales meeting with them. Think of what questions they would have about your product or service and create answers to those questions. If you are not sure how to do this, ask a friend or a colleague what would make them want to buy your product or service. What questions would they have about your product or service? If you are still uncomfortable about writing sales text for your website, hire a sales copywriter.

2. Include your telephone number and a link to your contact form on every page of your website. Never make people search to find out how to contact you. Another reason why this is so important is that when you make it easy for people to contact you, they will trust you more. They know you are not hiding from them. How many times have you gone to a website and you were interested in buying something but there was no way to contact the company? When I am interested in buying something online and the website does not include the company’s contact information, especially a telephone number, I do not buy.
3. If you sell products on your website, make it easy for people to buy with a credit card. Both Google and Paypal have made it extremely easy and incredibly inexpensive to add credit card payment processing to your website.

4. Add customer testimonials throughout your website. Few things in marketing work as well as customer testimonials. If you do not have any testimonials, one of the easiest ways to get them is to simply call your customers and ask them what they like most about your product or service. When they tell you, immediately write it down and say, “That was great! May I use that as a testimonial?” Nearly every person will say yes. It works like magic.

5. Offer a money-back guarantee. One of the biggest concerns people have about making a purchase, particularly online, is what happens if the product I buy is junk? Will I get my money back or am I stuck with it? To immediately put your customer’s minds at ease, state your guarantee policy. Let customers know that they have no risk in doing business with you and that you stand behind your product or service. By adding money-back guarantees you will immediately see an increase in sales.

By implementing these 5 simple marketing tips, you will immediately see an increase in sales.

By Kelvin Montgomery

Should you become an Entrepreneur? Why Not? Over half a million online businesses are started each year by people who are underappreciated and underpaid! The home-based online business has now grown into a $427 Billion a Year Industry! Someone actually starts a new online business every 10 seconds in the US alone!
An Entrepreneur is a person who undertakes and operates a new enterprise or venture and assumes some accountability for the inherent risks. In the context of the creation of for-profit enterprises, entrepreneur is often synonymous with founder.
The term Entrepreneur also applies to someone who establishes a new entity to offer a new or existing product or service into a new or existing market, whether for a profit or not-for-profit outcome.
Business Entrepreneurs often have strong beliefs about a market opportunity and are willing to accept a high level of personal, professional or financial risk to pursue that opportunity. Business Entrepreneurs are often highly regarded as critical components of a capitalistic society.
The key to becoming an Entrepreneur is knowing how and where to start! Without the right starting point one would waste precious time and a lot of money. Legitimate work at home programs are not get rich quick or become a millionaire overnight schemes! The characteristics of a successful Entrepreneur include commitment, dedication, patience and perseverence.
Also, as an Entrepreneur one is able to get tremendous tax advantages and able to write off many of the expenses one would have anyway - as a business expense! If the right opportunity presented itself, most people would prefer To Be and Entrepreneur than Not To Be!

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Kelvin_Montgomery

Do you want to know what it really takes to earn $1000 every single day?
It may not be what you think. There is no secrets to reach that status, and even the Internet gurus worked very hard to get there.

1. Be determinate
The first thing you need to earn $1000 per day is a strong motivation. You need to have a strong reason to earn this income. Money is never a goal. It's just a way to achieve your goals.
And to earn a lot of money, you need to have your goal in mind.

2. Take massive action
This step is really important. It may be the most important step of the process.
Why?
Because even if you fail (like I did when I was getting started online), you will learn that what you tried doesn't work. Like Dave Vallieres, a well known marketer said: "fail as fast as you can". Like this, you will be successful faster.
In fact, doing is way more instructive that what you can read in any online business ebook.

3. Give the time
People who promote get rich quick schemes want to make you believe that you are going to make $30,000 per day working only four hours per week.
This isn't true. You need to work several hours every single day to see your business grow. After one year or two, you will then be able to work one or two hours a day.

4. Become an expert at something
You see, when I got started online, I didn't even know how to write an article, or what was the meaning of SEO. A couple of month later, I was getting top rankings for my websites, and I started to master the art of article marketing.
It took some times, but now, I earn more because I am very good at what I am doing.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Franck_Silvestre

Are you working as an affiliate marketer now? If your answer is a YES, you should probably know the earning potential of affiliate marketing. It is very true that there are a lot of people who are trying to make money in this business.

However, it is not easy to make money. A lot of marketers will fail to make money. You may also find that it is not easy to make sales. In fact, you will need to avoid some mistakes if you would like to make money.

1. A lot of affiliate marketers will think that they can just put the affiliate links and banners on their sites and make money online. Yes, it can be true if you have already developed a reputable website in your niche. However, you affiliate is a new site, you will need to work hard to make your site become an authority site.

2. There are also some marketers who will try to promote products in various niches in a single website. Yes you can really do so. However, it is not a good way if you would like to succeed. As a matter of fact, it is always better to create one site for a single niche.
You may wonder why you need to create one website for one niche. This is because it will be easier for you site to dominate the niche. If SEO is concerned, it will be easier for you site to rank well for the keywords related to your niche.

3. A lot of marketers will just use single way to generate traffic to their sites. For example, you may just concentrate on SEO and forget about all other tactics to generate traffic. Remember, you should never put all eggs in one basket.

4. There are some affiliate marketers who keep moving from one program to another. It is because they will think that they can make more money in this way. However, it can be confirmed that you will be very difficult to succeed if you do so.

5. One last thing is that, there are some affiliate marketers who think that they do not need to work hard. Being an affiliate marketer you will be able to control your own working schedule. However, you will still need to work hard in order to make money online!

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Anson_Hall

There are two popular directories you will definitely want your website listed in: Yahoo and The Open Directory (DMOZ).

You won't get a lot of traffic from the actual directory listing BUT having a link from these quality directories may actually boost your exposure in Google, MSN and Yahoo's regular search.

Why? Because many search engines are now looking at who is linking to your site in order to determine your rank for certain keywords. So if they see you are linked from Yahoo's directory or the Open Directory they may view your site as the "authority" on the subject and rank you higher.

Yahoo
Yahoo has a regular search function and a directory. The regular search engine, which is used the most by web surfers, is free to get into. All you have to do is be linked from other websites that are already included in their index and Yahoo's search will pick you up eventually.

However, if you want to get into the directory, you'll more than likely have to pay.

Even though the $299/year ($600 for adult sites) fee is for commercial sites, many non-commercial sites that really want to get in the directory end up paying because Yahoo can't normally read all the free submissions. They receive thousands upon thousands everyday and it's just impossible for them to get to them all.

I haven't heard of anyone getting into the directory for free since 1999 or 2000. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it's very unlikely the free submission will get you listed.

It’s important to note that paying the fee does not guarantee your site will get listed. It only guarantees it will be reviewed in a timely fashion.

Also keep in mind that you do not get your money back if your site is declined. You do, however, get 30 days to appeal your listing. But the majority of the sites submitted this way do get approved. I would presume this is mainly because people are not going to pay $300 to submit a sloppy site so they make sure their site is polished and ready to go prior to submitting.

Another thing to remember is that Yahoo does not give priority listings or special treatment to people who pay the fee. Yahoo claims that your site will be treated just like any other site once it’s listed. This listing will NOT boost your ranking in their regular search results.

Again, the main benefit of a Yahoo directory listing is not the traffic but to have a link from a high-quality directory that may give your site credibility in the eyes of other search engines like Google or MSN. Google places big emphasis on who is linking to you.

How to Submit to Yahoo
First, choose the appropriate category.

Go to Yahoo.com and click on the directory categories until you drill down to the appropriate one for your site.

If you are not sure if you are in the appropriate category, do a search for your major keywords and look at the web sites that come up. Click on the category and then scroll to the bottom of the page.

Remember if your site is commercial then you will be submitting to the Business & Economy or Shopping section. Don’t try to submit a commercial site to a noncommercial directory to avoid paying the fee. It won’t work.

Once you’ve gotten to the appropriate category, scroll down to the bottom of the page and choose "Suggest a Site". If you do not see this link then you have not drilled down deep enough into the sub categories.

If your site is commercial then you must use the Business Express submission that costs you $300/year, but if your site is noncommercial you can choose if you want to use the Business Express or Standard (free) submission.

Complete the submission form with the following in mind:

Be sure you are submitting to the appropriate category or Yahoo will put your site in the most appropriate one. Some believe that if your category suggestion is way off, your submission will be ignored.
Make sure the title you choose is the actual title of your site or Yahoo will change it.
Keep your description under 15 words if possible.
Make sure your description is editorial in nature and not promotional. Stay away from phrases like "the best marketing site on the net". Also make sure your description accurately describes what your site is about or Yahoo will change your description! Check the description for sites that are already in the directory to get an idea of what Yahoo is looking for
If you’re using the Standard (free) submission, wait at least 8 weeks to see if your site gets listed. Do not keep bombarding submissions to Yahoo. That’s a sure way to get ignored for good! If you are not listed in 8 weeks go back and make sure you submitted to the most appropriate category. Then check your site to see what you could improve. Also, look at other sites in your category and see what you may be missing. Do you have enough unique content? Did you check for typos? Is your layout consistent?
The Open Directory Project (A.K.A. DMOZ)
This is another major directory that you may want to submit to. The Open Directory Project, http://www.dmoz.org (acronym for Directory Mozilla) is developed and managed by everyday people who are experts in their areas of interest.

Unlike Yahoo, their entire directory is maintained by volunteers.

As of right now, it’s absolutely free to get your site listed here, but just like Yahoo, they do not accept all sites. However, they have been known to be a bit easier to get into than Yahoo. Of course, you should still be sure your site is polished before suggesting it.

The ODP powers directory services for some the most popular portals and search engines on the web, including the ever-popular Google. If you can get listed in the ODP, you'll eventually wind up in the Google search engine.

How Do I Submit to ODP?
Their submission process is very similar to Yahoo’s. First you need to go to the site and find your appropriate category. Then drill down until you find the best subcategory. Once you find the one you think your site belongs in, click the "Add URL" link in the top right hand corner of the screen and follow the directions.

Again, make sure that the title and description accurately describe your site. Don’t try anything fancy or your site might be left out in the cold.

One feature I do like about ODP is that you can contact the category editors if you have a question. For example, once I had a site that I submitted and it was never listed so I asked one of the editors and they told me that the content on my site was too much like a site that was already listed. So I went back and revamped my site a bit, resubmitted, and was accepted the second time.

Whatever you do, do NOT bombard the directory with submissions or you’ll be ignored quicker than you can say "ODP". If your site is not listed, simply ask the editor of your subcategory (editors are normally listed at the bottom of the page).

I’ve found that it can take anywhere from two days to one year to get your site listed here. Please be patient when submitting. If you do not get in the first time, email the editor of that category.

If the editor does not respond, go back and check your site again. See if there is anything you could tidy up (spelling errors, layout, etc.) then try again.

Also make sure you are submitting to the most appropriate category for your site. Unfortunately, not all editors will respond but occasionally you'll find one that is polite enough to offer you suggestions for getting listed.
taken from : www.2createawebsite.com

A few ways to make money with affiliate program
1. Write a review of some of our products, letting people know how good it is. Include your affiliate link at the end of the review. Post your review to free sites such as GoArticles.com & EzineArticles.com.
2. Create a free blog (web log) at sites such as Blogger.com, and post your review of our products, including your affiliate link. Then "ping" your blog at a site such as Pingomatic.com, so it gets picked up quickly by search engines.
3. Join popular marketing forums such as WarriorForum.com, and make frequent contributions to popular threads there. Be sure to go into your forum profile and edit your "signature". Make a signature that includes your affiliate link, or a link to your own "review" website of our product. That way, every time you make a post, anyone who sees it will see your signature and potentially click on your affiliate link.
4. Once every few weeks post a press release at PRweb.com, in which you include your favorable review of our product, along with your affiliate link. If you pay them $80, they will guarantee that your press release is picked up by all major search engines, potentially sending you thousands of visitors.
5. If you own an email list of newsletter subscribers or other people who have opted in to receive email offers from you, send them an email telling them about our website, and feel free to use some text from our homepage in your email. Include your affiliate link at the end of the email. You can even use our email sample in our promotion center.
*NOTE - We do not tolerate spamming in any way.
6. Pay-Per-Click (PPC): Using a PPC account from Google Adwords, Overture, or many others, you can easily generate income with the our affiliate program. You can either send people directly to us using your affiliate link in your PPC ads, or you can create your own website in which you have a review of our product, followed by your affiliate tracking link.

Tips and tricks to earn more as an affiliate
• From many people experience, you will get the best results from writing your own product reviews, even if it's short. You don't have to be a good writer. Just write what you really think about the product. When you publish your product review, use your general affiliate link (on the top) to send user to our website.
• You will have much better conversion if you'll put your visitors into pre-sold mood before sending them to our site.
Pre-sold mood means that you build interest in product and visitor has decided to potentially buy it after he reads your product review.
Choose from various types of product descriptions, download and adjust them to fit in your site. Experiment with short or long, try to find perfect combination with banners.
• Try to think like a visitor, when he comes to your page with review or affiliate link, you should draw his attention, build curiosity or feeling that he might need this kind of solution.
• Experiment with different banners, text links, or reviews. Keep these that bring good results, and change the others. Sometimes only change of few words or color of link can mean difference.